Towel-rack and separator



J. R. ROY.

TOWEL RACK AND SEPARATOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1, 1920.

'1,372,1 96. Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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To all whom itmcm concern:

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. nor, on LouIsvmL-nrnNrUcKY;

TOWEL-RACK AND. SEPARATOR.

Be it known that I, JOHN R. ROY, a citizen of the United States,residing at #831 South Fourth street, in the city of Louisville, countyofJeiferson, andState of Kentucky, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Towel-Racks and Separators, of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in towel racks and separatorsdesigned to provide for the convenient and safe car riage and custody oftowels while in transit between the laundry and customers, and while inthe possession of the customers, and at the same time providing a simplemeans of separating the used towels from the clean towels.

It is a fact that many towels are lost and stolen between the time theyleave the la'undry and the time they are returned, although they aregenerally counted and listed when they are taken from the laundry andwhen returned. It is also a fact that towels, when loose and unsecured,are used for other than personal toilet purposes, such for instance aswiping shoes, furniture, windows, etc.

One object of my invention is to meet and overcome these unfavorable andexpensive conditions, and to insure to those engaged in supplying towelsto the public the safety of said towels by keeping them under lock andkey during the time they are away from the laundry.

Another object is to provide means for conveniently separating the usedor soiled towels from the clean towels.

-I attain these objects by means of my towel rack and separator, formedas indicated by the drawings submitted herewith, and made, preferably,of spring steel rod, although any other metal or composition may be usedif found satisfactory, and having means of securely locking the deviceso that the towels can not be removed without unlocking the device.

To facilitate the hanging of the device and to provide a means ofholding the soiled from the clean towels, a cross-like member isprovided, which is permanently attached to the wall where it is desiredthe towels shall hang, having a forwardly projecting element rigidlyattached to a horizontally positioned member, and which stands outbetween the clean and the soiled towels.

Each towel is provided with a gromet,

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed October 1, 1920. Serial No. 414,047.

which will facilitate the sliding of the towel on the device.

These specifications set forth an embodiment of my invention as it ispreferred, but it is tobc understood that such changes and modificationsmay be resorted to as come within the scope of the claim appendedhereto.

lVith the aboveand other objects in view my invention has particularrelation to certain novel features of construction, more fully set forthin the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a sectional view of the device as it looks when in normalposition and in use, with the towels hanging thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views:

The apparatus comprises a spring rod with an eye-loop, 5, formed at oneend, and

a -U-shaped hook, 6, of which the eye-loop is a part, the rod then bentat right-angle, 7, and extended a short distance to avertically-extended eye-loop, 8, and extended an-' other distance toanother such eye-loop, 9, then extending another distance and bent intoa turn, 10, to the left and extending thence to engage in the U-shapedhook, 6. After said engagement is made, and the desired allotment oftowels placed on the holder, the bow of the lock, 11, is passed throughthe eye-loop, 5, said how encircling the U-shaped hook, 6, andpreventing the opening of the device and the removal of the towelsthereon until the lock, 11, is removed. The eye-loops, 8 and 9, areintended to engage screw-eyes, 12 and 13, to retain the device in thedesired position on the crosslike support, 14:, to which a dividingmember, 15, is rigidly attached, the latter positioned vertically andextending forwardly the desired distance. Either one of the hooks, 12 or13, may be provided with means for receiving a look, as indicated at 16.

It is intended that all of the clean towels, 17 will be positioned onthe holder, and on either side of' the dividing member, 15, and

a holder containing clean towels is all that towels.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

A towel rack and separator, made of one piece of spring rod, or othersuitable material, one end formed into a loop, intended to receive thebow of a pad-lockwhich when in position encircles that partof the deviceadjacent to the loop, said loop forming part of a U-shaped hook, then aturn in the rod at a right angle the desired distance to another loop,and 'at a short further distance anotherloop, the lasttwo loops intendedto engage nails or other means for sustaining the device, the rodextending thence a short distance and there formed into a turn to theleft and extending thence to, engage the hook formed at and of the otherend of the rod, the latter extension intended to carry the towels, thedevice having a cross-like support composed of a flat member, preferablya board, positioned horizontally and designed to be fastened to a wall,having two hooks 011 which to hang the towel rack, and having also adividing member, part of the-edge of which is rigidly attached to thesupport, in vertical position, the upper end beginning at a point below,and at the properdistance from the towel rack, when latter is hung onthe support, all substantially as set forth and described herein.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature this the 29 day ofSeptember, 1920.

JOHN R. ROY.

